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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: Oregon health advisory board member uses ‘they/them/turtle’ pronouns, identifies as "turtle"
Description: This gender identity left them shell-shocked.A member of a state panel advising the director of Oregon’s Health Authority (OHA) made a wild first impression at a meeting by proclaiming, “I use they, them and turtle for my pronouns.”JD Holt, who also goes by “JD Terrapin” on Facebook, made the declaration with a straight face while introducing themself at a virtual council meeting on Dec. 20.“Hello everybody, it’s JD. I use they, them and turtle for my pronouns. I’m in the Springfield-Eugene area and I get to be part...